Based on extraordinary true events, Eric Poppe’s superbly-realised box office hit is an absorbing tale of morality and honour set in Norway during a pivotal moment in World War II as German forces arrive.

“Extraordinarily riveting, touching and effective. The best Nordic film of the year.”
Emma Vestrheim, CINEMA SCANDANAVIA

“Absolutely and emphatically not just another movie about World War II. Fresh and inspired, it’s got depth, suspense, excitement and emotional resonance, and the soundtrack music is used to great effect. The whole thing is just superb and you shouldn’t miss it.”
Mark Demetrius, FILMINK

★★★★★“An intelligent, deeply humanistic portrait of both a monarch, a man and a nation at a pivotal point in their histories. An outstanding piece of cinema.“
Madeline Copley, FILM FOCUS

“Original and intricately told.”
Owen Gleiberman, VARIETY

“Engrossing. A handsomely mounted and well acted spectacle, the film retrieves a stirring piece of Norwegian history that deserves to be remembered.”
Stephen Farber, THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER

Based on extraordinary true events, Erik Poppe’s superbly-realised box office hit is an absorbing story of morality and honour set during a pivotal moment in World War II, when an unprepared Norway was invaded by German forces and their monarch presented with a terrible ultimatum.

9 April, 1940. As the German war machine arrives in Oslo under the guise of offering the sovereign nation ‘protection’ from the British, the royal family flees the capital, not knowing if they’ll ever see each other again. The aging King Haakon VII (Jesper Christensen, in a towering performance) and his fiery son the Crown Prince Olav (Anders Baasmo Christiansen) make a dramatic escape from the city into hiding, while Crown Princess Märtha (Tuva Novotny) seeks refuge in Sweden with the children.

With the time for mediation between Norway’s passive government and the Nazi’s envoy (Karl Markovics) fast running out, and an attempted coup by collaborator Vidkun Quisling underway, King Haakon is faced with a momentous choice: should he recognise Quisling as Prime Minister to prevent bloodshed, or abdicate in the hope of inspiring civilian and military resistance, even with the loss of life that may entail?

With spectacular production design on a scale that rivals the seminal war dramas of Spielberg and Boorman, THE KING’S CHOICE is a commanding, full-blooded epic. Brilliantly depicting the machinations, principles and personal fallout of conflict, it’s a gripping and resonant account of history at a turning point, told from a previously undepicted perspective.

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